The death toll from the flooding caused by thunderstorms in Texas has risen to at least 43 individuals, authorities reported on Saturday, and the death toll continues to rise as emergency response teams work. Multiple young girls attending Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, are unaccounted for as heavy rainfall sweeps through the area. Rep. August...
Authorities in Indianapolis say seven are injured and two were pronounced dead after a shooting early Saturday morning. At around 1:27 a.m. local police responded to separate incidents at the intersection of West Washington and South Meridian streets, in addition to South Illinois and West Washington streets. While responding to both calls, officers heard shots...
Homeland Security said Saturday that it has finally deported eight illegal immigrants -- all of them with serious criminal records -- to South Sudan, moving to complete the removals after the Supreme Court gave permission.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday he has officially formed the “America Party,” a third political faction to rival Democrats and Republicans. “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump’s ‘both sides’ approach to Israel, Iran comes into question President Trump’s strategy of playing both sides is coming into question as he fumed over Israel and Iran’s continued fighting while demanding peace in the region....
A Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aide known as “Big Balls” resigned from his role on Monday following the exit of White House adviser Elon Musk. A White House official with knowledge of the matter confirmed that Edward Coristine, who codes under the “Big Balls” alias, departed, in a statement to The Hill. Coristine, a...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr grilled by Congress over transparency, spending cuts Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Tuesday to talk about the Trump administration’s budget request for...
President Trump’s public outburst Tuesday against Israel and Iran to stop shooting and adopt a ceasefire signaled he isn’t afraid to confront Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to protecting his efforts to present himself as a peace and dealmaker. Trump’s profane-laced frustration that the U.S. ally Israel along with Iran should give...
Democrats are looking to restart the abortion conversation around the third anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. That Supreme Court decision in June 2022 turned abortion into one of the most powerful positions Democrats could run on. They saw major victories on the issue in the 2022 midterms and Virginia’s off-year...
Social media accounts for the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) urged Democrats to vote for his former chief of staff James Walkinshaw in the party’s upcoming special election, in posts Tuesday. “Early voting starts TODAY in VA-11! This is our first chance to stand up for our workers, our schools, our democracy, and everything Gerry...
Podcaster Joe Rogan pressed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday about another presidential bid in 2028. “Are you going to run for president again?" Rogan asked during a Tuesday episode. Sanders, who launched White House campaigns in 2016 and 2020, responded by noting his age. “I am 83 years of age. I'm not sure the...
President Trump’s strategy of playing both sides is coming into question as he fumed over Israel and Iran’s continued fighting while demanding peace in the region. The president was so frustrated Tuesday morning he dropped an expletive on the White House lawn on his way to the NATO summit, contending that the two adversaries “don’t...
McDonald’s has issued a response to a call for customers to boycott restaurants over its rollback of previous DEI initiatives, among other criticisms lodged by an activism group known as The People's Union USA.
President Trump’s net approval rating has hit a new low in the latest Economist/YouGov polling, taken as he moved to involve the U.S. in conflict in the Middle East. The poll, which was in the field when Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, found Trump’s job performance 14 percentage points...
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has accepted a revised Republican proposal to shift some costs for food assistance to states after rejecting the initial draft of it over the weekend, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) said. The Senate Republican plan would require states for the first time to pay a sizeable share of food...
Presented by Jewish Federations of North America — President Trump arrived at the NATO summit with the Israel-Iran ceasefire holding, for now. {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP arrived in the Netherlands to meet with world leaders at the NATO summit Tuesday, with a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran holding, for now. Early Tuesday, it...
